I use a little local Taxi firm, they are ever so helpful, and I even know a couple of the drivers, so they always try and send me the ones I know if they can, as they know I use taxis cause I am on my own now and can't really afford to run a car.

I use a little local Taxi firm, they are ever so helpful, and I even know a couple of the drivers, so they always try and send me the ones I know if they can, as they know I use taxis cause I am on my own now and can't really afford to run a car.

My taxi is a local company with only two drivers to my knowledge, A mother and son. The mother is the usual driver and she is very nice but the son is a little more strict. Not saying he is not nice but he always complains if I have a drink with me but his mum allows me to bring drinks with me. It is so confusing.

I use a little local Taxi firm, they are ever so helpful, and I even know a couple of the drivers, so they always try and send me the ones I know if they can, as they know I use taxis cause I am on my own now and can't really afford to run a car.

My taxi is a local company with only two drivers to my knowledge, A mother and son. The mother is the usual driver and she is very nice but the son is a little more strict. Not saying he is not nice but he always complains if I have a drink with me but his mum allows me to bring drinks with me. It is so confusing.

You would have laughed last time I booked a cab. I had arranged for him to pick me up, run me down to the Post Office, wait while I drew some money out and then posted the Christmas cards, including 2 which were airmail and one Recorded delivery letter, so that took a few minutes, and then he ran me home again. We then had an argument cos I gave him the normal fare as I saw it, and he said it was too much. I won in the end, he took the extra.

I use a little local Taxi firm, they are ever so helpful, and I even know a couple of the drivers, so they always try and send me the ones I know if they can, as they know I use taxis cause I am on my own now and can't really afford to run a car.

My taxi is a local company with only two drivers to my knowledge, A mother and son. The mother is the usual driver and she is very nice but the son is a little more strict. Not saying he is not nice but he always complains if I have a drink with me but his mum allows me to bring drinks with me. It is so confusing.

You would have laughed last time I booked a cab. I had arranged for him to pick me up, run me down to the Post Office, wait while I drew some money out and then posted the Christmas cards, including 2 which were airmail and one Recorded delivery letter, so that took a few minutes, and then he ran me home again. We then had an argument cos I gave him the normal fare as I saw it, and he said it was too much. I won in the end, he took the extra.

..that's rare, A cabbie who argued for a lower fare.

One time while at the pub I went to after work, the bartender accidentally called one of the "other" cab companies we had in town than the usual one I rode. After getting in, I gave the driver the address and the route to take (which was the most simple and direct). In spite of my explicit directions he said he knew a "better" way and proceeded to take me far north of the usual route to home, the fare for which was significantly more than what I was usually charged by the cab service I regularly used. The route he took also involved several long red lights (during which the meter continued to tick off money while we waited) which the direct one avoided.

When we finally got to my destination, I gave him the exact fare I would normally had been charged had he taken the route I suggested (sans tip of course) and told him I was not going to pay a dime more for the circuitous trip which he took on purpose just to get a higher fare out of me (I found out later that this was somewhat of a frequent complaint others had with that company).

The next time I was at that pub I told them the story and to only call the cab company I regularly used instead, even if it meant a longer wait.

I want to go to bed but sometimes when I go to bed too early I wake up later in the night and stay up for a few hours unitl I can go back to sleep. I probably should brush my teeth before going to bed.

They said it wouldn't snow until next Sunday. However about a half hour ago, I received a new weather alert that beginning tomorrow through Wednesday we were going to get more snow and possibly ice again (after it was just supposed to be cold and dry all week). Apparently it seems to be shaping up to possibly be one of those "perfect storms" (like we had 8 years ago) in that three different low pressure systems are about to converge on the region. That combined storm dumped on 19" of snow which paralysed the city for more than a week. Of course I'd take that again over the 1/2" - 1" of ice we just dealt with (which finally melted off here in the city centre).

Must be a charmed life to keep messing up like this and not get sacked. You would think with all those millions in radar, satellites, and supercomputers used to track and model weather patterns they'd be able to get it right at least a decent part of the time.

They said it wouldn't snow until next Sunday. However about a half hour ago, I received a new weather alert that beginning tomorrow through Wednesday we were going to get more snow and possibly ice again (after it was just supposed to be cold and dry all week). Apparently it seems to be shaping up to possibly be one of those "perfect storms" (like we had 8 years ago) in that three different low pressure systems are about to converge on the region. That combined storm dumped on 19" of snow which paralysed the city for more than a week. Of course I'd take that again over the 1/2" - 1" of ice we just dealt with (which finally melted off here in the city centre).

Must be a charmed life to keep messing up like this and not get sacked. You would think with all those millions in radar, satellites, and supercomputers used to track and model weather patterns they'd be able to get it right at least a decent part of the time.

Need to head to the market for a few extra essentials just in case.

Well, even the mice and the robot with a brain the size of a planet didn't predict the Vogon's need for an intergalactic bypass necessitating the destruction of the Earth.

Haven't ridden in a cab since I was in Junior High school when I caught a ride with my Granddad who I was'nt close to all all, to meet my mom at his house. Twas a strange experience to be sitting in the back like a stranger. I never did really get close to that guy, but then I was adopted and several of his kids lived right beside him and all their kids got all his Grandpa magic I reckon.